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Saskatoon City Council votes to rename street; Councillor ready to talk about new name
The Saskatoon city councilor who brought forward the motion to rename John A McDonald Road in the city is ready to get to work.
Ward three councilor David Kirton said he was pleased council voted unanimously to make the change. He explained there is still work to be done when it comes to engaging the public.
“There’s going to be a huge engagement effort on this to rename this particular stretch of road in Saskatoon and that engagement’s going to involve survivors, elders, survivors circle, but also residents,” he said.
Removing 1st PM’s statue an affront
The removal of the statue of Sir John A. McDonald in Kingston is another stab into our historical heart. The majority of Canadians are upset about losing our historical figures and we will remember at election time.
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If statues are continually taken down because that particular person did something wrong during their tenure in politics or lifetime of accomplishments, we will end up with no statues or memorials to celebrate our history.
University of Windsor renames student residence to shed ties to John A. Macdonald
The University of Windsor will rename Macdonald Hall to Residence Hall West, a year after work began to look into concerns the student residence bore the legacy of Canada s first prime minister, who supported the Indian residential school system.
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The former Macdonald hall is one of three residence buildings on campus. All of them are named after Canadian Prime Ministers. (Jacob Barker/CBC)
Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations dissolves historic protocol agreement with Alberta
June 3, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations are so disillusioned and upset with the Alberta government that they have dissolved their historic protocol agreement with the province.
Late last year, the Confederacy and the Alberta Government partnered in a protocol agreement meant to facilitate meetings between the two parties.
The agreement outlined a formal process for ministers and Chiefs and Councils to meet periodically throughout the year in order to discuss topics such as land, resources, health care, education, and so on. The agreement also committed to an annual meeting between the Premier of Alberta and the Chiefs of the Confederacy and was considered to be a “promise between governments about communication and collaboration with a focus on shared prosperity, now and for years to come.”